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How Not to Write a Novel

Paperback • 2009 • English

How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs If You Ever Want to Get Published

By Howard Mittelmark

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About the book

There are many ways prospective authors routinely sabotage their own work. But why leave it to guesswork? Misstep by misstep, How Not to Write a Novel shows how you can ensure that your manuscript never rises above the level of unpublishable drivel; that your characters are unpleasant, dimensionless versions of yourself; that your plot is digressive, tedious and unconvincing; and that your style is reliant on mangled cliches and sesquipedalian malapropisms. Alternatively, you can use it to ident...Show more

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ISBN

9780141038544

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

How Not to Write a Novel

Format

Paperback

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